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Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

US pardons for accused war criminals, contrary to international law: UN rights office

19 November 2019
Human Rights
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Millions of children across Yemen face serious threats due to malnutrition, in particular, and the lack of basic health services, in general.

Monday’s Daily Brief: Progress and pitfalls in child rights, millions of Afghans acutely food insecure, Middle East nuclear-free zone, social media and child detention

18 November 2019
Human Rights
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A mural commemorating journalists killed in Afghanistan has been painted on a blast wall in downtown Kabul.

Friday's Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award

1 November 2019
Human Rights
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The Human Rights Council, Geneva (file photo, May 2018)

Venezuela, Poland and Sudan amongst 14 new Human Rights Council members

17 October 2019
Human Rights
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Press Briefing by Ms. Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

Malta: Human rights experts call for justice in case of murdered journalist

16 October 2019
Human Rights
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The little boy photographed stands on the remains of his family home in the West Bank, which was demolished in 2017. (File, 2018)

Monday’s Daily Brief: Palestine demolitions, nuclear watchdog chief dies, UK troops to Mali, Afghan journalist murder condemned, Somalia sexual violence pledge

22 July 2019
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Journalists at an event in Kabul to mark Afghan National Journalists Day in March 2019, in support of media freedom and solidarity with journalists in the country (file photo)..

‘Words must never be met with violence’ urges UN, following Taliban threat to journalists  

27 June 2019
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Displacement site in Khamer, Amran Governorate, Yemen. About 200 families of the muhamasheen minority, displaced from Sa’ada by fighting, live in the site.

Friday’s Daily Brief: human rights in Colombia, Myanmar and Nigeria, global displacement, and more

10 May 2019
Human Rights
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An elderly woman being held at a female detention centre in northern Afghanistan (2010).

Progress against torture in Afghan detention centres, but Government needs to do more, says UN report

17 April 2019
Human Rights
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A general view of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council in session.

World’s human rights watchdog spotlights Afghanistan, Yemen and 12 others: Here’s the scoop

21 January 2019
Human Rights
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